The Metro Events Guide: Outdoor festivals, comedy shows and cat videos
Welcome to August! We’ve got several outdoor festivals this weekend so you can take full advantage of the late summer...
In The Groove: A full-on funk fest alongside new music from Childish Gambino, Habibi, Karen Nyame KG
What a fun show today. Leaned into the beautiful weather with a lot of funk — maybe too much! Fill...
MI Local: Ronny Tibbs talks new album and ‘rock opera’ film series
This week on MI Local, I premiered exciting new tracks from Detroit-based artists The Doozers (danceable indie-pop), Danny VanZandt (quirky,...
In The Groove: Donald Byrd’s ‘A New Perspective’ connects to new music from Britti, Cousin Kula & Forest Law
Getting ready for DIIV’s big show at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit this week (I’ll have more of that tomorrow),...
Visions: Music from Weather Report, Chief aTunde Adjuah, John Coltrane and more
On this episode of Visions, I play a little bit of a lot of things across all the decades, including...
In The Groove: A journey through Japanese jazz, Black Sabbath-meets-house and more
A weird one in all the right ways. Crashing into Monday with so many first spins on In The Groove,...
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: late greats Duke Fakir and John Mayall, Shigeto, Vulfpeck + more
On this episode of Rob Reinhart's Essential Music, more from the new Jack White album, released only on vinyl and...
Acoustic Cafe: Part one of 30 years of in-studio cover songs
On this week’s episode of Acoustic Cafe, we continue our celebration of our 30th year with a collection of in-studio...
MI Local: Previewing Sounds Like Detroit concert; High Strung’s Josh Malerman joins the show
This week on MI Local, I start off the show with exclusive premieres of new music by local artists, including...
The Detroit Move: Hear music from The Equals, T. Rex and more
On this episode of The Detroit Move, I have New Orleans R&B gems from Paul Gayten and Ernie K-Doe, along with...
In The Groove: A musical farewell to Motown legend Duke Fakir of the Four Tops
There was joy throughout the show with new music from Lawne, Metronomy & Nourished by Time, Real Estate, Rosa Brunello...
The Metro: Inaugural HBCU Student Film Festival is coming to Detroit
A theme we often highlight on The Metro is Detroit’s robust arts community. Whether you see a giant mural or...
